zinc blende meaning

Noun: zinc blende  zingk blend

1. An ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulphide in crystalline form
   - blende, sphalerite

Derived forms: zinc blendes

Type of: mineral

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1. this film has been identified as polycrystal znse with zinc blende structure by xrd
2. Another fragile candidate mineral is sphalerite ( zinc blende ).
3. GaSb is a III-V semiconductor with the zinc blende crystal structure.
4. Crystallographically the structure of chalcopyrite is closely related to that of zinc blende ZnS ( sphalerite ).
5. The gold ore comes from the quartz veins containing pyrrhotite, pyrite, galena and zinc blende.